Literature From The "Axis of Evil" - Writers and Works Included

Writers and Works Included

  • Iran (Iranian literature)
    • Houshang Moradi-Kermani: "The Vice-Principal" (short story, 1979)
    • Tirdad Zolghadr: excerpt from the novella A Little Less Conversation (2006)
    • Ahmad Shamlou: "Existence" (poem, 1957)
  • Iraq (Iraqi literature)
    • Salah Al-Hamdani: "Baghdad My Beloved" (poem, 2003)
    • Sherko Fatah: excerpt from the novel At the Borderline (2001)
    • Muhsin Al-Ramli: excerpt from the novel Scattered Crumbs (late 1990s)
    • Saadi Youssef: "Five Crosses" (poem, 1961)
    • Fadhil Al-Azzawi: "Hameed Nylon", first chapter of the novel The Last of the Angels (1992)
  • North Korea (North Korean literature)
    • Kang Kwi-mi: "A Tale of Music" (short story, 2003)
    • Hong Seok-jung: excerpt from the novel Hwangjini (2002)
    • Lim Hwa-won: "The Fifth Photograph" (short story, 2001)
    • Byungu Chon: "Falling Persimmons" (poem, 1992)
  • Syria (Syrian literature)
    • Hanna Mina: "On the Sacks" (short story, 1976)
    • Salim Barakat: excerpt from the novel Jurists of Darkness (1985)
  • Libya (Libyan literature)
    • Khamel al-Maghur: "The Soldiers' Plumes", excerpt from the memoir Stations (late 1990s or early 2000s)
    • Ashur Etwebi: "The Place Will Fit Everything" (poem)
  • Sudan (Sudanese literature)
    • Tarek Eltayeb: "Coffee and Water" (poem, 1999)
    • Tarek Eltayeb: "The Sweetest Tea with the Most Beautiful Woman in the World" (short story, 1993)
  • Cuba (Cuban literature)
    • Anna Lidía Vega Serova: "Project for a Commemorative Mural (Mixed Media)" (poem, 2001)
    • Francisco García Gonzáles: "Women of the Federation" (short story, 2003)
    • Raúl Rivero: "I Don't Want Anyone Coming Around to Save Me" (poem, 2002)

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